1626 in literature
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Template:Redirect category shell Template:Use British English This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1626.
Events
- February – The King's Men premiere Ben Jonson's satire on the new newsgathering enterprise The Staple of News, his first new play in almost a decade, at the Blackfriars Theatre in London.[1]
- November – The deaths of Lancelot Andrewes and Nicholas Felton, Bishop of Ely, prompt John Milton, then a student at Cambridge, to write elegies in Latin for both.[2]
- December 27 – Izaak Walton marries Rachel Floud (died 1640).[3]
New books
Prose
- Francis Bacon – The New Atlantis
- Nicholas Breton – Fantastickes
- Alonso de Castillo Solórzano – Jornadas alegres
- Robert Fludd – Philosophia Sacra[4]
- Marie de Gournay – Les Femmes et Grief des Dames (The Ladies' Grievance)[5]
- Francisco de Quevedo – El Buscón (first published edition – unauthorized)
Drama
- Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft – Baeto, oft oorsprong der Holanderen
- John Fletcher and collaborators – The Fair Maid of the Inn
- William Heminges – The Jews' Tragedy
- Jean Mairet – La Sylvie
- Philip Massinger – A New Way to Pay Old Debts
- Thomas May – Cleopatra
- Thomas Middleton – The Triumphs of Health and Prosperity[6]
- Tirso de Molina – La Huerta de San Juan
- James Shirley – The Maid's Revenge; The Brothers
Births
- January – Robert Howard, English dramatist and politician (died 1698)
- February 5 – Madame de Sévigné, French letter writer (died 1696)[7]
- March 12 – John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (died 1697)[8]
- July 25 – Gerard Brandt, Dutch dramatist and historian (died 1685)[9]
- September 8 – Simon Patrick, English theologian and bishop (died 1707)[10]
- October 6 – Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (died 1684)[11]
- Unknown dates
- Elizabeth Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater, English poet and dramatist (died 1663)[12]
- Alonso de Olmedo y Ormeño, Spanish actor and dramatist (died 1682)
Deaths
- February – William Rowley, English dramatist (born c. 1585)[13]
- February 28 – Cyril Tourneur, English dramatist (born 1575)[14]
- September 25
- Lancelot Andrewes, English scholar and bishop (born 1555)[15]
- Théophile de Viau, French poet and dramatist (born 1590)
- October 19 (estimated) – Béroalde de Verville, French poet and novelist (born 1556)[16]
- December 8 – Sir John Davies, English poet (born 1569)
- unknown date – Samuel Purchas, English miscellanist and travel writer (born c. 1577)[17]
- probable – Nicholas Breton, English poet and novelist (born c. 1545)[18]
References
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- ↑ Tara Hamling: "'An Arelome To This Hous For Ever': Monumental Fixtures and Furnishings..." Andrew Gordon and Thomas Rist (eds): The Arts of Remembrance in Early Modern England: Memorial Cultures... (Abingdon, Oxon/New York: Routledge, 2016 [2013]), p. 68.
- ↑ "Roberti Fludd ..." Philosophia sacra et vere christiana seu meteorologia cosmica (Google eBook) Accessed 1 February 2013
- ↑ Grief des dames.
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